Sept. 4
ARKANSAS:
Death-Row Inmate Challenges Lethal Injection Execution
A death-row inmate scheduled for execution next month has requested a
stay, arguing that Arkansas' lethal injection procedure is
unconstitutional.
Jack Harold Jones Junior is sentenced to die for the 1995 slaying
Sept. 4
MALAYSIA:
Prisoners want sentences set aside
A death row prisoner and another granted an acquittal but held under the
pleasure of the ruler have filed separate notices of motion at the Court
of Appeal to have their sentences set aside.
This follows the failure of Federal Court
Sept. 5
TEXAS:
Death penalty sought in Travis caseJury selection to begin for man
accused of killing ex-girlfriend's mother.
For the 1st time since 2004, a panel of Travis County residents was
summoned today to the criminal courthouse in downtown Austin with the
chance of serving on
Sept. 5
USA:
Destruction in black America is self-inflicted
DEBATING capital punishment at an Ivy League university a few years ago, I
was confronted with the claim that since death sentences are more often
meted out in cases where the victim is white, the death penalty must be
racially
Sept. 5
ALABAMA:
Porter Plea would spare him the death penalty in brutal killingRobert
Holly Lofton Porter today faces 2 consecutive life sentences in the 2004
death of Scotty Joe Weaver
A 2nd defendant will plead guilty to murder today -- a week before he was
slated for trial -- in
Sept. 5
POLAND:
Poland opposes EU day against death penalty
Poland is opposing the creation of a yearly 'European day against the
death Penalty', arguing that the issue should form part of a broader
discussion on life and death including abortion and euthanasia.
In a meeting of EU
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though
you may not have received the original UA when issued
on June 25, 2007. Thanks!
5 September 2007
Further Information on UA 160/07 (25 June 2007) - Death Penalty
IRAQ'Ali
Sept. 5
TEXASexecution
Drifter executed for '98 strangling of Amarillo woman
A repentant South Carolina drifter was executed this evening for
strangling, robbing and raping an Amarillo woman a few months after he had
been paroled from prison.
Tony Roach spoke for several minutes, his
